Scheller’s provided a weekend full of maintenance and roving
SAG support. In addition, they provided a wonderful bike for the
raffle for the Brain Injury Association of Kentucky (BIAK). Thanks
for everything!

Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey provided a
nice respite from the day with the bourbon tasting. As always, it
was very enjoyable.Thank you!

Baptist East/Milestone Fitness Center provided us with a meeting
place for our Safety Video premier as well as a stretching and
wind-down yoga class at the finish of the ride on Saturday. Thank
you!

Swope Dealer Network underwrote the new Safety Video for the
OKHT. Well done and thank you!

Thanks to the Safety Video Initiative team (Andy Rawls, Chris
Hammon, Brooke Willis, Lewis Miller, Joe Ward, Steve Sarson, and
A.B. Sandefur) for creating a world-class video — it was informative
and fun at the same time. Thanks also to all of you who viewed the
safety video. I hope it was 8 minutes and 56 seconds of time
well-spent. It must have been because we only had one accident the
entire OKHT weekend. That really says something about our cyclists
and the video.

Thanks to all the people who came to participate from as far
away as West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas, Tennessee,
South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio, California, Florida,
Alabama, North Carolina, New York, Nebraska, Missouri, Michigan,
Maryland, Maine, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and from all over the
state of Kentucky!

We had plenty of cookies because folks like you baked them and
brought them. Thank you!

Thanks to all the talented folks who submitted a design for our
jersey this year. Congratulations to Sara Ferebee for the winning
design and for her work on the brochure, logo, Web site, poster
and newsletter.

Thanks to our new dinner caterer: the Bistro 535 Catering of
Shelbyville, Ky. It was lovely.

Thanks to St. Michael's Church in Fairfield,Ky., for the use of
their pavilion for our Saturday picnic lunch. Bless you.

Thanks to the Louisville School of Massage for the massages
waiting for us.

Thanks to Breadworks for providing great bread for the SAG
stops.

We had plenty of pizza this year compliments of Tony Boombozz.
Thank you!

Thanks to Doll’s Market for the fruit. We had plenty!

Thanks to the LBC’s own Brad Thompson and National
Distribution & Contracting out of Nashville,Tenn., for donating
the hand sanitizers for the SAG stops.

Thanks to the Louisville Metro Police and Anchorage Police for
their support. Also, thanks to Captain Mike Schmitt of the Fern
Creek Firehouse and Mike Dooley of the Mount Washington Volunteer
Fire Department for the use of their facilities and grounds.

Thanks to the Anchorage City Council for their help and
guidance. Also, to the cities of Fairfield and Bloomfield for their
hospitality.

Thank you to Mr. John Jordan, Sr., of Jordan Services and Mr.
Bodine of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church for the use of their
property for SAG stops. Also,the nice people of Woodlawn Beech
Fork United Methodist Church set up a SAG stop of their own for
folks to enjoy the shade and get a cool drink. And thanks to
Mike & Mardy Smith for the use of their property for the cookie
stop. Thanks!

Thanks to two state parks: E.P."Tom" Sawyer State Park for the
use of their facilities for the weekend and Lincoln Homestead for
the use of the cabin for the SAG stop.

Thanks to Bootleg Barbecue for lunch. They sure can handle the
crowds!

Thanks to the Bardstown/Nelson County Tourist and Convention
Commission for their contribution to our event. Also, thanks to
Xaviers and the Oscar Getz Whiskey Museum for providing our box
lunches and an appropriate setting for a bourbon tasting.

Thanks to Heine Brothers for the coffee at registration and for
the bagels from Nancy’s Bagel Grounds.

Thanks to the Louisville Bicycle Club’s own Walter Lay and the
Velo All-Stars for the excellent entertainment in Bardstown. Walter
and his band played in exchange for a donation to the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society.

Thanks also to our other entertainers: The Piano Peddler, “Uncle”
Mike Carr and his banjo picking friend from Rabbit Hash,Ky., John
Gonzalez and his duo called “Stranger 'n Fiction,” and Molly
McCormack and her hammered dulcimer.

And a BIG THANKS to all the people on the OKHT committee who work
all year to make this a wonderful event.

Mark your calendars for next year. The dates are September 10th
and 11th, 2005.

Now, here is how you can help us improve on the OKHT. We cannot
continue to offer a top-notch cycling event without help from members
of this cycling community. We are looking for committed individuals
who can join the OKHT Executive Committee. We are in desperate need
of an individual (or a team) to spearhead the SAG stop coordination
(shopping, distribution, etc). Also, Karen Jaworski is retiring from
the Volunteer Coordinator post and we need to find a replacement for
her. Again, this can be headed by one person or a small team. Please
contact us at info@okht.org to help.

Please give us your feedback on how to raise the bar for excellence
for next year's event. Go to www.OKHT.org
to respond.